Christo Hall

Christo Hall (born in 1978, in Sydney, Australia) is an entrepreneur, ex-professional surfer, author and owner of a marketing agency.

Early years

Christo Hall was born in 1978 on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. He spent his childhood surfing and followed his childhood dream to become a professional surfer and featured in Surfing World Magazine Best Surfers of all Time Edition 2009.^[1][2] At age 14 he got his first surfboard sponsor Simon Anderson.^[3]

Career

In 1991 Hall got sponsored by Billabong and was one of their team riders for 15 years. Christo is a surfer^[4][5] for North Narrabeen Board Riders club and has surf for the team to win 4 Australian titles ^[6] Global Surf Tag News 05.02.2011 North Narrabeen National Surfing Reserve Book page 29^[7] and featured in The Surfing Year Book.

In 2004 Christo retired from full-time international competition. Still had a 49th place on the surfing World Qualifying Series in 2008^[8] and went into business producing beginner surfboards - Softboards Australia. He bought and sold a few other businesses in the surfing industry and in 2009 started Basic Bananas - marketing agency with Franziska Iseli his wife.^[9][10]

Christo has been featured across the Australian media landscape including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, SmartCompany, BRW, Channel 9 in relation to marketing.

In 2012 Hall published his first book Bananas About Marketing.^[11]

Besides running different businesses, Christo is also a keynote speaker on the topic of marketing and entrepreneurship.^[12][13]

Personal life

Hall married in 2010 and lives in Narrabeen on the Northern Beaches with his Swiss-Australian wife, Franziska Iseli^[14]

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